Ivermectin and Mebendazole in Lymphoma and Leukemia: 29 Case Reports (2026)
Contents:
- Introduction
- Lymphoma Case Series (20 case reports)
- Leukemia Case Series (9 case reports)
- Discussion
- Conclusion
Introduction
Drug repurposing sits at the intersection of curiosity and caution. Ivermectin and mebendazole — long-used antiparasitic medications — have accumulated a growing body of laboratory evidence suggesting anticancer activity across multiple pathways. Meanwhile, a series of 29 reported cases involving lymphoma and leukemia patients describe tumor regression, remission, or hematologic normalization after incorporating these agents into their regimens.
The central question is not whether these reports “prove” efficacy. The more relevant question is whether they represent noise, coincidence, or early translational signals that warrant structured investigation.Lymphoma Success Stories (20 cases)
Dr William Makis posted on X.com in February 2026:
IVERMECTIN and FENBENDAZOLE - 73 year old Texas man with Stage 4 NHL Marginal Zone Lymphoma reports after 6 months: Cancer Free!
- Ivermectin 48mg/day
- Fenbendazole 150mg/day
- Oncologist: Bendamustine and Rituximab
IVERMECTIN and FENBENDAZOLE Testimonial - 59 year old Victoria, AUSTRALIA man with Stage 3 Blastoid Mantle Cell Lymphoma was told to "say his goodbyes". He is doing great after 4 months!
- Ivermectin 1.5mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 1500mg/day
- Mebendazole 1500mg/day
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 1500mg/day
- CBD Oil 100mg/day
IVERMECTIN, FENBENDAZOLE and IP6 Testimonial - 60 year old Massachusetts man with Stage 4 DLBCL LYMPHOMA metastatic to bones achieves remission in less than 2 months!
We sometimes see incredible responses and in a short period of time!
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 1776mg/day
IVERMECTIN, FENBENDAZOLE, CBD Oil Testimonial - 70 year old Oklahoma man with Stage 4 Follicular Lymphoma metastatic to bones reports after 6 months - Remission!
Stage 4 Cancer to remission, success story after success story.


IVERMECTIN and FENBENDAZOLE Testimonial - 65 year old Canadian Man with T-cell Anaplastic Lymphoma of the tonsils reports after 3 months.
FENBENDAZOLE Testimonial - Wife of UK Architect shares an incredible B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma success story!
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day (increasing to 2mg/kg/day)
- Fenbendazole 1332mg/day
- CBD Oil 100mg/day
- Melatonin 300mg/day
He started to take fenbendazole 1g daily based on self-research (used to take between 1-6 tabs daily based on his symptoms). After 6 months, he cut down fenbendazole to 1-3 tabs daily due to peripheral neuropathy. He presented to his primary care physician who obtained a repeated CT scan which revealed smaller mediastinal lymph nodes. After 2 months, he decided to follow with oncology, so he had repeated PET/CT scan which revealed improved lymphadenopathy from prior scans.
A retired software programmer, Ridgway took long-established, off-patent drugs that are surely not on a typical oncologist’s radar: ivermectin, fenbendazole (a veterinary drug), and colchicine. They cost $400 for six months of treatment. Standard pharmaceuticals for early lymphoma, by contrast, cost an average $12,396 a year in the United States.
Ridgway, who is sixty-five years old, represents a small share of cancer patients who choose alternative care in part because they mistrust profit-driven oncology and dislike the chemo drawbacks. The drugs they take—under the supervision of a physician and sometimes with traditional therapies—are supported by considerable laboratory and animal studies and some human research.
For cases in which the outcomes are known, he prescribed his ivermectin-fenbendazole cocktail to sixteen patients, who almost all had been given one to four weeks to live. Thirteen survived from six to ten months before dying, he said. One near-death pancreatic patient, who had exhausted the gamut of chemotherapy, lasted more than a year.
“It’s difficult to reverse the (chemotherapy) damage,” DeMello said, who has six other cases in various treatment stages.
In two of his first sixteen cases, however, patients bypassed traditional care and went first to DeMello. Rohini Hughes, a fity-three-year-old advanced colon cancer patient, is alive though suffering, twenty months after her remaining time was measured in days. Mike Ridgway, whose cancer was caught early, was given a clean bill of health nearly a year after the disease emerged.
“I cannot overstate how blessed my wife and I feel,” Ridgway said.
Ridgway became friends with DeMello through Facebook, where they shared like-minded views of the flaws of official pandemic policies.
Ridgway’s first inkling that he was facing a serious health problem was in February 2024 after suffering abdominal pain and enlarged lymph nodes. “This PET scan will find cancer anywhere in your body,” the technician told a startled Ridgway.
Indeed, the scan showed “two nodes in the left upper abdominal mesentery that are markedly hypermetabolic, and lymphoma is a primary consideration.”
An oncologist ordered a biopsy, telling Ridgway unequivocally, “The tissue is the issue.”
He turned to DeMello, who “was very, very emphatic against it,” Ridgway said.
“I am convinced that there is no useful role of biopsy (and risk of spreading cancer) especially when a non-invasive test like PET scan can confirm the presence of malignancy,” DeMello explained. “Two huge lymphomas” on Ridgway’s scan were diagnostic for him.
“Unless he had a major infection, with symptoms of fever, high WBC counts, high neutrophil counts,” he said, “the only diagnosis for such huge tumors in the abdomen is malignancy’.”
After that, Ridgway opted to follow the advice of a doctor he respected half a world away.
“It’s nothing short of a miracle that the two of us were in communication when I received my diagnosis for cancer,” he told me.
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 888mg/day going to 1332mg/day
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 444mg/day
- Melatonin 120mg/day
2. 6 months of low dose Ivermectin & Fenbendazole
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Mebendazole 200mg/day
- followed by R-CHOP x 2 cycles

Case testimonial from PerilousPeg (X/Twitter):
In 2020 my cancer returned, low grade lymphoma in the neck and chest. I refused to go on another course of chemotherapy and followed the Fenbendazole protocol instead. I decided not to inform the doctors on the protocol I will be using as they would argue that it is a crazy belief with no proof of success.
It is almost a year later today that I received my second biopsy and PET scan results coming back completely clear from any disease, meaning there were no signs of lymphoma found from the neck lymph node that was removed.
Case 1: December, 2021
My twin sister was diagnosed with stage 2 non-Hodgkin’s B-cell double hit lymphoma a few years ago, which is known to be a very aggressive cancer out there. She won the battle, but not so long ago found out that the lymphoma has returned.
As a family we had to weigh the options and see what the next best approach is to this fight against cancer and so her journey started on Fenben. Here is a list of the protocol and other supplements she used and still use today:
- Fenbendazole (222mg for the first few months and the increased the doses to 444mg/double)
- CBD
- Curcumin
- Vitamin E
- Additional supplements (recommended by doctors in Mexico)
Leukemia (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) (9 Cases)
Case 9: 56 year old Illinois man with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
IVERMECTIN and FENBENDAZOLE Testimonial - 56 year old Illinois man with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) shares his success story!
IVERMECTIN and MEBENDAZOLE Testimonial - 56 year old North Carolina man with CLL Leukemia reports after 8 months - normalization of blood work, Oncologist changes follow-up from 3 to 6 months.
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Mebendazole 1000mg/day
- CBD Oil 100mg/day

IVERMECTIN and FENBENDAZOLE Testimonial - 56 year old North Carolina man with Stage 0 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) normalizes blood counts after 4 months.
- Ivermectin 1mg/kg/day
- Fenbendazole 1000mg/day



A patient with ATL and HTLV-1 infection was successfully stabilized and discharged after a combination of ivermectin and chemotherapy. The authors note that ivermectin may have contributed to disease control, but no firm conclusions can be drawn. (Lai Yuwen et al 2025)
Several patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants or undergoing treatment for leukemia were treated with ivermectin for Demodex or other parasitic infections. In these cases, skin symptoms resolved rapidly, and patients remained stable over the short-to-intermediate term, though direct anticancer effects were not confirmed. (Lai Yuwen et al 2025)
Discussion
Biological Plausibility: A Foundation Worth Examining
Mebendazole
Mebendazole disrupts microtubules, similar in principle to vincristine — a core drug in many lymphoma regimens. Preclinical studies have also suggested:
Induction of apoptosis in leukemia cell lines
Anti-angiogenic effects
Hedgehog pathway inhibition
Potential synergy with chemotherapy
Importantly, hematologic malignancies are particularly sensitive to microtubule dynamics, making mechanistic overlap notable.
Ivermectin
Ivermectin’s proposed anticancer mechanisms include:
WNT/β-catenin pathway inhibition
PAK1 modulation
Mitochondrial dysfunction induction
Immune signaling modulation
Some leukemia models demonstrate selective cytotoxicity at higher concentrations.
Translational Tension
A recurring issue in repurposing research is pharmacokinetics. In vitro concentrations do not always translate to achievable human plasma levels. However, tissue accumulation, tumor microenvironment effects, and immune modulation are variables not fully captured in cell culture models.
Thus, the mechanistic plausibility is neither trivial nor definitive.
What the 29 Cases Suggest — Without Overstating
Across the reported lymphoma and leukemia cases, several patterns emerge:
Many patients used ivermectin and/or mebendazole alongside standard chemotherapy.
Some reported rapid tumor regression within months.
PET-confirmed remission was described in select lymphoma cases.
Minimal toxicity was reported in anecdotal accounts.
In certain early-stage or indolent leukemia cases, hematologic markers reportedly normalized.
These are observational patterns — not controlled outcomes. Yet they raise several research-relevant questions:
Could these drugs act as chemosensitizers?
Might there be subtype-specific responsiveness?
Are certain metabolic or molecular profiles more susceptible?
Is immune modulation contributing indirectly?
The Evidence Gap: Where We Stand Clinically
Currently, the published clinical literature shows:
No phase III trials in lymphoma or leukemia
No randomized controlled trials establishing benefit
Limited early-phase exploration in oncology overall
No survival endpoint data in hematologic malignancies
In evidence hierarchy terms, this places the field at the hypothesis-generating stage.
However, absence of high-level evidence does not equal evidence of absence. It indicates an untested space.
Interpreting the Cases Through Multiple Lenses
Possibility 1: Attribution BiasStandard lymphoma therapies like R-CHOP achieve high remission rates. Improvements observed during combination use may simply reflect expected treatment response.
Possibility 2: Additive or Synergistic EffectPreclinical synergy data raise the possibility that these agents could enhance conventional treatment response without being independently curative.
Possibility 3: Indolent Disease VariabilitySome leukemias (e.g., early CLL) fluctuate naturally. Marker normalization may reflect disease biology rather than intervention.
Possibility 4: Early Translational SignalHistorically, many oncology breakthroughs began as small, observational signals before structured trials validated them.
The present data cannot distinguish among these possibilities.
Safety Profile: A Key Variable
One reason these drugs attract attention is their established safety record in antiparasitic use. That said:
Oncology dosing duration differs from short antiparasitic courses.
Drug–drug interactions with chemotherapy are under-studied.
Long-term hepatic or hematologic effects require structured monitoring.
The safety advantage hypothesis remains plausible but unproven in cancer contexts.
What Makes Hematologic Malignancies an Interesting Target?
Compared to solid tumors:
Blood cancers often rely on microtubule-targeting drugs.
Circulating malignant cells may be more accessible to systemic agents.
Immune modulation plays a central role in lymphoma biology.
Metabolic vulnerabilities may differ from solid tumors.
These features make mechanistic exploration in lymphoma and leukemia particularly compelling.
A Research Roadmap
If these case patterns are to be meaningfully evaluated, the next logical steps would include:
Pharmacokinetic studies confirming tumor-relevant concentrations.
In vitro synergy testing with R-CHOP components.
Phase I dose-finding safety trials in relapsed lymphoma.
Biomarker stratification (e.g., MYC, WNT activity, metabolic signatures).
Phase II objective response rate trials.
Randomized adjunct studies measuring progression-free survival.
Without this progression, the conversation remains anecdotal.
Where This Leaves Clinicians and Patients
At present:
Ivermectin and mebendazole remain investigational in lymphoma and leukemia.
They are not guideline-recommended therapies.
Standard-of-care treatments remain the evidence-backed foundation.
Clinical trial enrollment remains the safest pathway for exploration.
For researchers, however, these reports represent something different:
A cluster of biological plausibility intersecting with real-world experimentation.
Conclusion
The 29 reported cases neither confirm nor refute the anticancer potential of ivermectin and mebendazole in hematologic malignancies.
They represent a signal — faint, uncontrolled, and methodologically limited — but not biologically implausible.
The appropriate scientific response is not adoption or rejection.
It is investigation.
Whether this signal fades under scrutiny or strengthens through structured trials will determine its place in oncology. Until then, it remains an open question — and an area worthy of careful, disciplined research.
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